{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-34-18-44","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-44","heading":"Self-help recovery of possession prohibited.","body":"A landlord may not recover or take possession of the dwelling unit by action or otherwise, including willful diminution of services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of heat, running water, hot water, electric, gas, or other essential service to the tenant, except in case of abandonment, surrender, or as permitted in this chapter.","path":["Title 34 Property","Chapter 18 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE34/34-18/34-18-44.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:46Z","sha256":"eb5b9d277d7895ef5f7ab8c361d49a836405c9a3b4f5b96443e31d958fe33e35","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-34-18-43","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-34-18-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}